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NATION THE BATTALION Page 9 United, pilots reach settlement CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines and its pilots reached a tentative agreement Saturday in a contract dispute that forced the world’s largest airline to cancel or delay thousands of flights. The two sides met around-the- clock over the past two days, guid ed by the National Mediation Board. The key issues remaining in the talks were security and pay. A spokesman for the pilots, Herb Hunter would not provide any details of the agreement, which he said is retroactive to April 12. United’s labor problems be gan this spring when the contract with its 10,000 pilots came up for renewal. Pilots began refusing to fly overtime, which they are entitled to do, and that caused chaos with United’s already-tight schedule. The pilots say the airline has long failed to hire enough pilots to car ry out its packed schedule. In a statement, James Good win, United's chief executive of ficer, said he was pleased with the agreement. “Both sides worked hard in complex negotiations to create an industry-leading contract for pilots, while providing a strong base for the company’s future growth and success,” he said. United has canceled thou sands of flights this summer and had an abysmal on-time record. United apologized in newspaper ads and with a television com mercial in which Goodwin says the airline has failed in its com mitment to customers. Wildfires ablaze Winds threaten the west £6 HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Fire fighters were on their guard Sunday as more windy weather threatened to worsen wildfires that already had turned hundreds of thousands of acres of forest to ash. Wind already was blamed for cre ating a firestorm in South Dakota’s mountainous Black Hills. Fire officials worried that the 30 mph wind forecast Sunday could cause problems for some of the 10,000 people battling the 23 major wildfires in the forests of western Montana. “Today is sup posed to be a big day for wind,” said Venetia Gempler of the National In teragency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. “We are ex pecting to have a significant growth in fires because of this wind.” Montana fires burned an additional 13,000 acres Saturday as blustery weather swept through the region, but officials said some of that was land within the perimeters of fires that had not been charred by the flames’ first pass. “We did get some growth on the fires, but nothing incredibly huge,” said Connie Myers, an information officer for a crew battling a group of blazes that had blackened more than 260,000 acres in and around the Bit terroot Valley. That was not the case in western South Dakota, where a fire in the heart of the Black Hills National For est, northwest of Custer, exploded from 30,000 acres on Saturday to an estimated 90,000 on Sunday. The Forest Service said it ex pected more “explosive fire behav ior” Sunday. Firefighters were forced off that fire’s north side Saturday because the wind created firestorm conditions. Three outbuildings and a tractor were destroyed in the sparsely settled re gion and two homes were damaged, officials reported. The few people in the region were urged to evacuate an area of 300 square miles, forest officials said. Fire lines along the eastern side of the blaze were being strengthened be cause a cold front moving into the region was expected to bring northwest erly wind. There was a possibility that the wind could help crews working on a 110,000-acre range fire in south-central Washington. It had burned 16 structures, including one home. That fire, near Prosser, Wash., was 50 percent contained early Sunday and the wind was expected to blow out of the west, which “would be blowing the fire back on itself,” said Laura Vander Meer of the state Emergency Operations Center. Montana’s Gov. Marc Racicot said Sunday that the federal government shared some of the blame for the fires. The fire danger, he said on “Fox News Sunday,” was something “that the administration knew about, that all of us have known about for a long period of time.” AGGIELANPI 'C ct branch of Greater TEXAS Federal Credit Union Open a new account &. receive 1 box of Custom Aggieland cV\qc.\<.s> (175) checks FREE! Plus, you’ll receive a maroon Aggieland Pulse Card, Aggieland checkbook cover and 1 dozen starter checks - all FREE! Unlimited Check Writing, No JVtinimum Balance, and No Monthly Service Charge 201 Southwest Pkwy. E & 501 University Dr. W Offer expires 9/30/00 696-1440 We did get some growth on the fires, but nothing incredibly huge” — Connie Myers fire crew information officer The 12th Man Foundation is seeking energetic students to join our telemarketing team! Help Support /\&M Athletics Gain Marketing/Communication Skills $$$ *6.OO/hr. plus bonuses $$$ (*after 30 days of employment) Flexible Scheduling Inquire at the 12th Man Foundation Off ice in the Zone or Apply online: www.l2thmanfoundation.com/telemarketing Shipyard workers vote to strike PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A union representing 4,800 workers at shipmaker Bath Iron Works voted Sunday to strike, shutting down .production at one of the biggest shipbuilders for the U.S. Navy. The shipyard is one of Maine’s largest private employers with 7,600 employees, producing Navy destroy ers that cost about $900 million when fully equipped. It is one of only two shipyards that build destroyers for the Navy, delivering about two each year. Members of Local S6 of the Inter national Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers were upset over the company’s pay proposal and proposed changes in work rules. About 85 percent of the union voted to go on strike when the con tract expired at midnight. Angry workers then piled up copies of the company’s latest contract proposal and set them on fire. “You’ve got a corporation slurping up military contracts', and you know that those contracts are overcharged to the taxpayer. These guys get the mon ey, and they are not willing to share,” said Don Snowdon, an electrician for 12 years at the shipyard. We need to get back to the table as soon as possi ble and we're pre pared to do that” — Sue Pierter Bath Iron Works spokeswoman Company spokeswoman Sue Pierter declined to comment on the strike’s effect on the Navy. “Certainly no one would want a strike. The impact will be determined by how long this lasts. We need to get back to the table as soon as possible and we’re prepared to do that,” she said. The shipbuilder proposed a three- year contract with wage increases of 4 percent this year, 3.5 percent next year and 4 percent in 2002, plus a $500 signing bonus. The company said its proposal would increase an average produc tion worker’s wage and benefit pack age from $41,000 to $48,000 a year. Union negotiators had pushed for raises of 8 percent the first year and 7 percent in each of the follow ing years. But pay was not the main sticking point for workers who fear that cross training provisions would weaken the value of the specialized work force and lead to eventual layoffs. The last strike against Bath Iron Works was a 99-day walkout in 1985. Bath Iron Works is a subsidiary of General Dynamics. Find the LOWEST Compare prices at dozens of stores including... > a jv a ■■ .f. s a] ftKVIK<X>KptJVS 1 Imdbfcv.. — MM: W2! 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